HI Guenevere, You can acquire your a primary residence from up to 1-4 units for as low as 5% with conventional or 3.5% FHA with a few exceptions.

AlabamaAlabama residents enjoy a low cost of living and a thriving economy.

I bought the cheap lowes light blocking blinds. 

I'm just gradually deleveraging, this next time by likely buying all in cash, and continuing to not lever my properties until cap rates are lower than interest rates... unless I can get cheap and low leverage debt through assumption.

For example, I have two STR high-income earners (making 140k & 150k) in Joshua Tree for sale with low expenses, where the sellers will stay on to manage it.Making sure you are keeping as much as possible from the tax man is a huge component and to do so you usually have to invest it.

And Sec8 sounds great, but comes with it's own issues.Add it all up you get a low dollar, but high headache strategy, which is a challenge that gets amplified, especially when you are operating remote.

I see so many landlords lowing money through rookie mistakes, yet they continue looking for more doors.

The basement is too low to be rentable SF (unfortunately!)

He didn't want the walls, so he could  keep his cost low.

However, if your current interest rate is low, be aware you will be buying into a deal with much higher interest rate with today's rate.For your new purchase, you should be able to use a DSCR loan and get financing without income as long as credit is good.